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OREGON H I a 1 U H i 'J -f PUBLIC AUDI TO P. I 'J P Q a T L A D . 1 ' ppet $3.00 Per Year; Single Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 15, 1951 Volume 67, Number 48 What's Doing In The Legislature By REP. GILES FRENCH At the end of the fifth round (week) Economy was still bat tling the champion, Liberality, toe to toe and is dishing out as much punishment as it is re ceiving. So far the cheering sec tion has been pro-Liberality de spite pleas for support of Econo my. 'Letters received request sup port of something or other, not support of something or other, not support of Economy. Those in Economy's corner say he cannot win, that Liberality has too many punches, too much staying power and is well train ed and well fed after years of vic tories. Yet Economy comes from a hardy breed that is best when the going is hard. So at the end of the fifth round we report the challenger, Econ omy, still in there pitching with chances for a draw with a few betters taking him for a knock out but at heavy odds. The committee in the house that is handling reapportionment is getting along slowly, so slow ly that members of the press can see little action whatsoever. Rea son is that experienced members are trying to learn the philoso phy of government that is going to motivate the committee and find out what sort of a bill can be passed out from the commit tee. There are these possibili ties: a constitutional amendment that could establish a new meth or of apportionment in Oregon, a bill that would apportion the state according to the . present constitution, or a political ap portionment such as Oregon has had for all its history. Constitutional provisions for apportionment in Oregon are so bad, and so inequitable, that they have never been observed by the members of the legisla ture who do the apportioning. Instead the state has always had a political apportionment. A new constitutional amend ment might do anything if pass ed and the only such amendment before the committee is the one for a federal plan of apportion ment which would give each county a senator. Attempts to change the federal plan are hard to defend for they quickly lose the main argument unless each county is given a senator. Maps have been prepared plans on the counties of the which show the effect of all state; also the United States sen ate has been reapportioned on a population basis which gives California seven senators and Oregon and Washington each one. Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada would have one sen ator. The section of Oregon that is certain to have the greatest growth in the next ten years is the section that is being attack d on reapportionment. That is the mid-Columbia section where big dams are going in and where new irrigation projects are being planned. That section would be greatly handicapped and the whole state as well, without adequate representation in com ing legislatures. The bill to permit the highway commission to issue bonds on the same basis it had until a few years ago is in the senate. The commission would like to issue bonds for new construction a large part of which would be put on the Columbia River highway, Highway 99E from Portland to Salem, and on Highway 97. There is a good chance that the bill can pass if properly handled. It needs a plan for payment of the bonds out of current revenue and also payment of interest, which should be at a low rate. New funds for highways can be ob tained "from big trucks which now operate at a rate lower than that charged private passenger cars when put on a ten-mile ba sis. If now funds must come from added gas taxes in the face of federal gas taxes, or if now funds must come from prop erty or income tax payers, the battle for the bonds will be, and should bo, lost. So far the throat cutting is a mere grtsture and unimportant. It will get to the frontal stage wherein the cuttee may see the cutter; later throat cutting will be done from behind, in the dark, by soft voiced gangs. Then, soon, there will be adjournment. Local Church to Become Parish Early in March Steps were taken Tuesday eve ning by the bishop's committee of All Saints Episcopal church to change it from a mission basis to a parish status. It is contemplat ed to make the change on Sun day, March 4, at which time Bishop Lane W. Barton will be on hand to officiate. It was pointed out in the meet, ing Tuesday evening that All Saints, or the body that now operates under that name, was first started in the 70's. During that time there have been oc casions when the church was without ministry but the congre gation held together and when Bishop Barton came to Eastern Oregon he picked this as one of the mission churches that should become a parish at the earliest possible date. Rev. Elvon L. Tull, vicar since the fall of 1948, has been working toward that end. The church property is in ex cellent condition, the congrega tion has grown, and the time ap pears propitious to place All Saints on a self-sustaining basis. Smethursf Home Scene of Shower For Bride-To-Be The William Smethurst home was the scene Friday night of a bridal shower and announcement party for their daughter Betty The room was beautiful with a large bouquet of red roses as a center piece for the table, and a bridal party of tiny dolls adorn ed the buffet. These consisted of an 8 piece bridal party with all in formal dress. These were loan ed the party by Mrs. C. Buchan an. Games were played with Mrs. McCurdy winning the prize. The wedding date was announced with tiny cards fastened to pink roses which made corsages for each lady. Refreshment were served after the honoree opened her gifts. The wedding of Miss Smethurst and Hermann Ziegler Jr. will be an event of March 21 at the Congregational church in Lexington with the reception in the Smethurst home. They are popular young people at Eastern Oregon College. Out of town guests were Mrs. Merritt Gray and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy of Heppner. Hostesses were Mrs. Al Fetsch of Heppner and Mrs. Ce cil Jones of Lexington. Mrs. K. K. Marshall is at home after a stay in the Pioneer Hos pital in Heppner. The Lilian C. Turner founda tion has decided to hold a Smor gasbord and card party March 10 at the Lexington Grange hall. As a consequence Lexington Grange will be held one day early, Mar. 9. At the regular meeting Satur day night it was decided to give the proceeds from the Grange's next dance on March 3 to the Lilian C. Turner foundation. The Grange opened in usual form with Cecil Jones overseer in the chair until the installation of the new Master Gloria Dolven, by Armin Wihlon. Two new mem bers, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cuts forth were obligated at this time. Following the regular business meeting a program was enjoyed which consisted of a piano solo by Judith Wihlon and a very in teresting talk on Civil Defense by W. E. Davis of Heppner. Jack Griffon is a patient in the Pioneer Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan and daughter Tat motored to Ordnance Tuesday night where they visited Mr. and Mrs. George Irvin. Mr. McMillan and Mr. Irvin motored to Pendleton where they attended the initiation put on by the Pendleton Oddfellows. Also going from Lex were Adolf and Eugene Majeski, Cecil Jones, Al ex Hunt and Hermann Green. Charles Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Buchanan has gone to Portland where he will continue his studies at a busi ness college there. (Continued on page 6) Guests at the Allen Case home for two days the past week were E. Leathers of Portland. They re L. B. Pyle of Barvicw and Mrs. C. turned to Portland Thursday ac companied by their mother, Mrs. Ida Grimes, who is visiting, for awhile and looking after busi ness matters. Heppner's Casaba Tossers Win Two Games Past Week Overrun Helix 47-42, Then Sink Umatilla 47-35 The vastly improved Mustang five broke from their starting gates and romped home with two victories over top-notch opposi tion during the week's play. Both games were played on the home floor. "During last Friday's game with Helix the Mustangs gained sweet revenge on a team that had beat en them by 22 points in an earl ier encounter. In this game they started fast and obtained a well balanced scoring attack. The lo cals outplayed the visitors in ev ery department, and were excep tionally smooth in play patterns and working the ball in for the close, easy shots. Gary Connor and Jim Prock with 11 points, Jimmy Smith with 10, and Green with 8, led the offensive unit. Jack Sumner, Marion Green and Gary Connor were all a tower of strength under the backboards. Keith Connor re-injured his ankle in this game and was unable to re-enter the game after making one field goal on one attempt. Cable of Helix led all scorers with 14 points and worked the boards well. UMATILLA SWAMPED In Tuesday's game with Uma tilla the Mustangs again started strong and fast and never trailed in the point making department After Jim Prock raced in the key hole and arched a beautiful two- pointer the team sprinted on to a 9-point half time lead of 23-14 Umatilla came back strong after the intermission and swept to within three points before the lo cals with Gary Connor, Prock and Green igniting a spark which re moved all danger. Again the scoring was well-balanced which is indicative of a fine basketball team. Gary Connor's 12 points were high, followed by 11 produc ed by J. Sumner and Prock, and Marion Green cashed in with 10 well-earned points. Jimmy Smith was outstanding in setting up play patterns as well as playing a fine defensive game. Again G. Connor, Green and Sumner team ed up to dominate the back boards effectively. The B squad added two victor ies to its already impressive won- last record. First, it defeated the Lexington Jackrabbits 41-27 in a loosely played game which was settled in the fourth and final frame. The visitors played on even terms until the fourth quar ter when three of the regulars took "early showers", victims of the five infractions ruling. After that the game was an easy vic tory. In the preliminary to the Uma tilla game the locals defated the Umatilla Bees 41-24 in a game which saw mostly freshmen car rying out the action. These two games and victories bring the B squad's record to 13 wins, with only three losses. o DOG LICENSES DUE Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman wishes to remind dog owners that licens es must be paid this month. Aft er Mrach 1 the officer will be obliged to clamp down on the unfortunate canines whose col lars do not bear the 1951 license. o i Church Folk Hear Good Program at School Auditorium Church folk, including senior and junior groups, met at the high school auditorium Monday evening to participate in a Youth for Christ program spon sored by the Methodist church, Church of Christ and Assembly of God. People from Irrigon, Lexington and lone were present to hear Joe Brille of Eugene speak on the Youth for Christ movement and to enjoy the in strumental and vocal numbers given by a group of young people from the Assembly of God church at Irrigon. The Irrigon church is presided over by Rev. and Mrs. Morse, for mer missionaries, who have trained a quintet of girls as in strumentalists and vocalists. Their instrumentation is one ac cordian and four clarinets, which makes an effective group for spe cial numbers for accompanying either solo or group numbers. Personal Property Statements Should Be Listed Pronto Up to Tuesday of this week only 235 out of a total of more than 700 personal property state ments had been turned in at the office of Assessor W. O. Dix. The deadline is March 2, and the assessor is requesting that tardy ones start coming in immediately in order to avoid a pile up at the last moment. Pro perty owners also are reminded that the law calls for a fine of five percent on delinquents, and that it is obligatory on the part of the assessor to levy such fines. It might be pf interest to many who find it difficult to fill out the blanks to know that assist ance will be given at the office if those needing help will avail themselves of that service. o . Shamrocks Scorn Superstition Jo Win 13th Contest Heppner's green and white clad Shamrock basketball team was not the least bit disturbed by superstition Saturday night as they breezed to their 13th consecutive league victory bv trouncing the visiting Hermiston Legion by the lopsided score of 91 to 45. Stan Kemp with 24 points, led the Heppner scoring, followed by Whitbeck with 16 points, Junior Kemp with 13, and Scrivener 12. With a 20 game league sche dule to fulfill and 13 wins to date, the Shamrocks, in first place, have seven games remain ing to play. Arlington and Irri gon, each with three losses, are tied for second place. Five wins out of the remaining seven games remaining are needed by the Shamrocks to cinch the league championshiD troDhv un. less Irrigon and Arlington each drop another game. o Life of Lincoln Student's Subject At C. of C.Talk Monday beine Abraham Lin coln's birthday anniversary it was an appropriate time for hav ing something about the life of the great emancipator on the chamber of commerce luncheon program. This was Drovided bv Mickey Lanham hieh school stu dent, who, although not given much time for DreDaration. camp through with an interestins re view of some of the less widely advertised and discussed high lights of Lincoln's life. The vounir speaker carried his belief to his hearers that the man whose birthday was being observed was truly one of our greatest Dresl. dents. Recreation centers in the for- est areas of the Blue mountains occupied the attention of the group ior the balance of the period. Glenn Parsons, forest rager, displayed a picture of Wil low creek basin where the forest service would like to see a camp development. The picture, taken from 20,000 feet altitude, shows a site at the mouth of Herren creek that offers fine nnssihlll. ties. It developed that some of me tract is available but the larger part of it is privately own ed and cooperation of the own ers will have to be secured be fore much can be done. Another site coming in for discussion Is the meadow on the French place soum or Hardman. That is more distant from Heppner but is readily accesable on a through highway. President J. R. Huffman plac ed the matter in the hands of the recreation committee head ed by Dr. L. D. Tibbies and urged an early report on the possibili ties of getting something start ed right away. o PICTURE SHOP OPEN The Picture Shop, Heppner's latest business addition, opened its doors to the public Monday morninc. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dod- son, the proprietors, have fixed up an attractive and convenient studio and are all fixed to "mug" the populace as well as take scenic views or anything that people may want. The Dodsons are sociable folks. Go down to the Farra building and get ac quainted with them. A. C. Houghton Meets Death In Car Freight Crash Wednesday at Irrigon A DUBIOUS DISTINCTION Heppner has attained a distinc tion without much glory, so far as the milk consuming public is concerned. Mayor J. O. Turner, seeing something In the Easft Oregonian relative to Pendleton's milk prices, which residents of that town though might be the highest in the state, wrote that newspaper relative to current milk prices In Heppner. As of Monday, the price per quart in Heppner was 24U cents, or one cent higher than the price quoted in Pendleton. Well, about all the comment there is to make is to use a time honored expression around these parts, "It's the freight." o CIRCUIT COURT MONDAY Judge Perry will be on hand at the court house Monday mor ning to convene circuit court Several cases are pending, includ. ing the assault charge against W. L. Davidson, and some equity cases. Sheriff Bauman stated that Jurors of the December pan el are required to report at the court house by 10 a.m. Monday. He has contacted many of them but has been unable to reach some and hopes this notice will bring them in. o . Mrs. Sloqum's 80th Birthday Observed Mrs. K. M. Slocpm was the guest of honor at a family din ner party at Berg's Chalet in Portland on Jan. 27, the occasion being her 80th birthday. Guests included her children and their families, making a party of 20 seated around the table. With Mrs. Slocum were Mr and Mrs. Frank Barsla. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beardsley, Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Slocum, Mr. and Mrs. Huxley Kem, Kathleen New- i man and Mary Drake. Loren and Genevieve Vogel, Mary and Verne Campbell, grandchildren, and Marylee Drake, Valerie Campbell and Cathy Campbell, great grandchildren. o TOPIC CLUB CHOOSES DATE FOR SMORGASBORD When the Topic club at lone announces it is going to give a dinner everybody in the county begins to look forward to the event, for the ladies have es tablished an enviable reputation for serving fine food and gobs of it. Their particular type of din ner is the smorgasbord and this year it will be served the eve ning of April 8. The Legion hall in lone will be the locale for the big event. o Patterns of Square Dance Discussed At lone Meeting Patterns of the square dance, hints, for callers and music for square dance callers were sub jects discussed and demonstrat ed for the square dance lead ers at the American Legion hall at lone Wednesday evening, Feb. 7. Eighty-seven attended the training session. Miss Jessalee Mallalieu, extension recreation specialist, conducted the square dance training. The evening pro gram included a review of the square dances taught last year, two new dances "Shoot the Goose" and "Around and Through" and the use of intro ductions, ending, steps between dances, balance and swing, and "do-si-do", )., Miss Lennle Louden played piano for the square dances. Square dance leaders set a practice date for February 15, Thursday, at lone grange hall at 8:00. Callers for the practice eve ning will be Mr. and Mrs, Tress McClintock, Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gardner, Boardman; Everett Kiethly, Mrs. John Berg strom .Heppner, and Earl McKin ney, lone. Everyone Interested in practic-' ing is welcome. If organizations are not represented at the square dance training meetings, they may send leaders for the practice on February 15. Miss Mallalieu will conduct two more training meetings this spring March 5 and 27. Members of the lone Extension Unit served lunch to those present Lilian C. Turner Fund Supporting College Student A desire of the benefactor has been realized by the Lilian C. Turner Foundation at Lexington. Through the activities of the group, additional funds have been made available to the am ount set up in the will of the late Mrs. Turner and a loan has been extended to a Lexington boy who is attending college. This organization is sponsoring a smorgasbord to be held March 10 at the Lexington Grange hall. There will be cards later in the evening. An invitation has been extended to the public to attend and the sponsors will be grati fied to see a large crowd. At the last meeting of the Lexington grange it was voted to donate the proceeds from the next dance given at the hall to the foundation. This brings up the suggestion that there might be other organizations and indl viduals who would like to make donations to this worthy cause which must depend upon the public for support. The annual meeting of the foundation will be held In May. Hospital Prepared To Co-operate In Defense Program In conjunction with the Civil Defense program, the Pioneer Memorial hospital is offering its facilities for the purpose of ob taining, recording and filing the necessary information from all interested potential blood donors. If you are between the ages of 21 and 60 and in good health you should seriously consider what it means to have your blood group on file with the hospital In the event that it may be your blood is needed to save some one's life. This filed information will then be used as a permanent blood donor list in the case of any emergency, whether it be for one patient or many, or for a local or national emergency. The days and hours set aside for this will be as follows: Place, Pioneer Memorial hospital. Time, February 19 from 2 p. m. to 7 p. m.; February 21, from 8 a. m. to 11 a. m. It takes but a moment of your time, so if you have not had your blood grouped and name listed either through the Red Cross or the Pioneer Memorial hospital, seriously consider having it done on the above dates at the ap pointed times. o ATTENDS SALEM MEETING Judge Garnet Barratt, mem ber of the executive committee of the Oregon Association of County Officers, attended a meet ing of the group in Salem the last of the week. Purpose of the meeting was to discuss bills pending in the legislature re lative to county affairs, including officials' salaries. o Variety Store To Open Saturday Morning Willard Blake, proprietor of the Heppner Variety store, announces that the opening for the store in its new location will take place Saturday morning. The task of moving is about completed but it will be necessary to close for two days to complete stock arranging and other details. Blake and hired workmen have been busy several weeks redec orating the new headquarters and the results are quite pleasing to the eye. Four leaf clover type lights have been installed, giving a novel appearance as well as ef ficient lighting. The floor space is a little less than in the former quarters but with a rearrange ment of displays it will be poss ible to handle as much stock as before. o Mrs. J. O. Rasmus spent the past week in Seattle and Port land looking over the markets for spring goods for her store, Norah's Shop. Drove Onto Track In Front of Train Going to Umatilla Death struck hard and sudden ly at Irrigon at 10:25 Wednesday morning when the car driven by Alfred C. Houghton, leading citi zen of the little river community, was hit by a heavy freight train. The car was carried a distance of one-half of a mile before the train could be brought to a Btop and was a total wreck, officers going from Heppner to the scene reported. Two state policemen were among the first to reach the scene and one of them, skill ed in first aid, examined the body and found that breathing had ceased but that there was still a pulse. With that faint hope the body was placed in a car and started for a hospital but it was evident before much distance was covered that it was too late. Sheriff Bauman received a call at about 10:45 telling of the ac cident and accompanied by Of ficer Bill Labhart and Coroner McMurdo arrived shortly after 12 o'clock at Irrigon. From what can be learned, Mr. Houghton left his home a block or so west of the railroad track to go to the office of the West Extension unit Being somewhat hard of hearing he evidently did not hear the roar of the ap proaching freight train, and drove up on the track directly in front of the big diesel loco motive. Funeral arrangements had not been announced at the time of going to press. Mr. Houghton was a native of Fairfield, Maine, where he was born December 6, 1892. He grad uated from Whitman college in 1913 and he and Mrs. Houghton were married in the fall of 1914. Two sons were born to them, Ed. ward W. of Chatham, New Jersey, and Donald L. of Chicago. Both are married. The Houghtons mov ed to Irrigon in 1926 when he be came manager of the West Ex tesion Irrigation unit. When the Rural Electrification Administra tion was set up in western Uma tilla county he was elected to the board of directors and has since served as secretary-treasurer of that organization. He also served for at least nine years as school director. He was a member of the Greenfield grange at Board- man and a member of the Odd fellows lodge at Hermiston. The entire region Is shocked at the untimely, death of this outstanding citizen. o Club Room Used By Wranglers Being Remodeled The monthly meeting nf th Wranglers was held Thursday evening at tne new club room. The room is bein? extensivpiv remodeled and will be a great inaucement for better attendance, as has already been demonstrat ed by the last few meetings. The club is making an appeal for do nations of furniture or other ar ticles to be used for the rinh room and anyone having some- tning to oner is requested to con tact the secretary. Mrs. Norman Nelson namp was called for the lacknor and a she was not present it was added to and carried over to the next meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Dwiehr from Spokane were vlsltnm so was their Shetland mule, "John nie-. Mr. Misner Is thd tathar of Mrs. Fred Mankin, but John nie, Mrs. Misner says, is just an adopted relation. He wa6 brought into the club room and pntw. talned with his outstanding Refreshments were served tn about 50 by Mrs. Harold Erwin and Mrs. Marion Finch. o MARRIAGE DATE SET Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Drako of lone announce the encappmont of their daughter, Dolores Ann, to Mr. William A. Rowell. Th young people have chosen Sun day afternoon February 25 at four o'clock 8B the date of their wedding. The ceremony will be pt-norma oy Kev. Alfred Shirley at tne lone Co-operative church and will be open to the public.